Number one brother, uncle and friend, Gene Wheadon, age 77, died May 13, 1997 on this farm in Draper, UT.
Born Oct. 28, 1919 in So. Jordan, UT, to Alma A. and Ethel May Jacobsen Wheadon and was raised in South Jordan, Ut. Married Deane Fitzgerald on Oct. 27, 1939. He was a very hard working, self motivated Christian man who loved to help people and care for all animals. He was a farmer, chicken hauler and mechanic. He gave full time care to his wife in her 14 declining years. He was known for his healthy and very self reliant life style. We love and will miss each other, but we know how much he longed to be with the love of his life, Deane.Survived by brother, Dell (Norma) Wheadeon, their four children all of So. Jordan and many other nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his wife, Deane, parents, brothers, Enno, Earl and Frank and sister, Philis and his singing dog, Curly.
Funeral service will be held Sat. May 17, 1997 at 11 a.m. at the Draper 1st Ward 13366 So. 1300 East. Friends may call at the church on Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Sat. from 10-10:45 a.m. Interment South Jordan Cemetery. Funeral Directors Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary.
Gene loved a challenge and he never gave up.